You make the first move
Thumbtack tells pros that when a customer thinks they might be a good fit, the customer reaches out. You are not handing over a phone number and waiting.
Choosing how to hire
Looking for a Thumbtack alternative in Scranton?
Thumbtack works differently from the Angi group, and the difference is in your favour on the part most people worry about. Here is the honest version, from Thumbtack's own help pages.
Straight up
Credit where it is due.
Thumbtack's design answers the complaint people usually have about lead sites.
You can see who you are contacting
Customers see search results with profiles and photos, and can filter them before messaging anyone.
It costs you nothing
Thumbtack's own line to pros is that it shows customers their business for free.
Good for comparing several trades
If you want three options side by side and time to think, this is a sensible way to get them.
In their words
Where the cost actually sits.
Because these leads match your preferences, you pay for them automatically
That is the mechanism. A lead that matches a pro's job settings is charged to that pro automatically.
There is a second path, called Opportunities, where the pro messages first and pays only if you reply.
Neither of those costs you anything directly. Both are a cost of doing business for whoever quotes you.
Breadth against depth.
Thumbtack is built to give you range. Many trades, many pros, one place to compare them.
That is useful when you do not know who to call. It is less useful when you already know exactly what you need.
Gutters in Northeastern Pennsylvania are a narrow job with local specifics. Pine needles, freeze and thaw, and a short window between the last leaf and the first hard frost.
The local option
The narrow version.
One local operator, one service, Scranton and the surrounding boroughs. Send the form and a quote comes back same day, usually within a couple of hours. Cleared by hand, every downspout flow tested, debris taken away, photos before and after.
Covering Scranton, Dunmore, Clarks Summit, Moosic, Old Forge, Taylor and the rest of Lackawanna County.
Get a free quote
Five fields. You get a real number back, not a range.